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Salted Chocolate Pretzel
5. Take each ball of dough,
and one at a time, roll out
to a 40 cm rope. Twist in the
shape of a pretzel or have fun
3. Mix at low-medium speed
by shaping them. Place on a
until all ingredients are
parchment-lined baking sheet.
combined. If dough is too dry,
6. Repeat with the rest of the
add up to an additional 1/2 cup
dough. When all pretzels are
of water. The end result should
be a smooth, tacky (not sticky), shaped, sprinkle sea salt on top.
7. Place baking tray in oven for
shiny dough.
12-14 minutes. As soon as you
4. Transfer dough on a clean
surface and divide into 8 pieces. take the pretzels out of the oven,
brush them with melted butter
Cover the dough with a plastic
film and let the pieces of dough for added richness and flavour.
rest for 10-15 minutes for the
Yield 8 big pretzels
gluten in the dough to relax.
For an even deeper salty-sweet contrast, drizzle melted chocolate
over the pretzels once they’ve cooled.
INGREDIENTS
3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup dark cocoa powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
2 tsp instant yeast
1 1/2 cup – 2 cups lukewarm water
butter, melted
sea salt to taste
METHOD
1. Preheat oven to 425ºF. In a
food processor equipped with a
dough hook, combine flour,
cocoa powder, salt and sugar.
2. In a separate bowl, mix
together 1 1/2 cup lukewarm
water and yeast. Pour in
the mixer bowl with
the flour.
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